Issue 8

Articles from Issue 8 (February/March 2018) of BBC World Histories Magazine

Students study mathematics in Lahore in 1933

Revising the Raj

The city Bhaktapur looming over the Kathmandu valley

The hippy trail: a pan-Asian journey through history

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With its grand mansion fronting almost 200 miles of waterways, St Petersburg often draws comparisons to venice (SergeyVButorin / Getty Images)

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Earth Seen from Space Shuttle Discovery 1990

Earth from space: How pioneering photos changed our view of the planet